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CONNECTICUT 


AGRICULTURAL  EXPERIMENT  STATION 


NEW     HAVEN,    CONN 


BULLETIN   134,  AUGUST,  1901. 


ENTOMOLOGICAL    SERIES,    No.    4 

The  New  Law  Concerning  Insect   Pests. 

The  preceding  entomological  bulletins  of  this  Station  have  been  : 
Bulletin  121,  The  Elm-Leaf  Beetle,  The  San  Jose  Scale  ;  Bulletin  126, 
Insecticides;  Bulletin  129,  Inspection  and  Care  of  Nursery  Stock. 

Miscellaneous  notes  regarding  insects  will  be  found  in  the  Report  of 
this  Station  for  1889,  and  in  each  Report  from  1893  to  the  present. 


CONTENTS. 

Page 

Officers  and  Staff  of  Station 2 

The  New  Law  Concerning  Insect  Pests 3 

An  Act  Concerning  Insect  Pests 3 

Announcement  to  Nurserymen _.r 5 


CONNECTICUT  ASBICULTUEAL  EXPERIMENT  STATION. 

OPFICEES    -A-lsTID    STAFF. 


STATE   BOARD    OF   CONTROL. 

Ex  officio. 
His  Excellency  George  P.  McLean,  President. 

Appointed  by  Conneclictit  State  Agricultural  Society  : 
B.  W.  Collins,  Meriden. 

Appointed  by  Board  of  Trustees  of  Wesley  an  University  : 
Prof.  W.  O.  Atwater,  Middletown. 

Appointed  by  Governor  and  Senate  : 
Edwin  Hoyt,  New  Canaan. 
James  H.  Webb,  Hamden. 

Appointed  by  Board  of  Agriculture  : 
T.  S.  Gold,  West  Cornwall,   Vice-President. 

Appointed  by  Governing  Board  of  Sheffield  Scientific  School  : 
W.  H.  Brewer,  New  Haven,  Secretary  and  Treasurer. 

Ex  officio. 
E.  H.  Jenkins,  New  Haven,  Director. 


STATION    STAFF. 

Chemists. 
E.  H.  Jenkins,  Ph.D.,  Director.  T.  B.  Osborne,  Ph.D. 

A.  L.  Winton,  Ph.B.  A.  W.  Ogden,  Ph.B. 

I.  F.  Harris,  B.S. 

Botanist. 
William  C.  Sturgis,  Ph.D. 

Assistant  Botanist. 
James  B.  Rorer,  M.A. 

Entomologist. 
W.  E.  Britton,  B.S. 

In  charge  of  Forestry  Work. 
Walter  Mulford,  B.S. 

Grass  Gardener. 
James  B.  Olcott,  South  Manchester. 

Stenographers  and  Clerks. 

Miss  V.  E.  Cole. 
Miss  L.  M.  Brautlecht. 

In  charge  of  Buildings  and  Grounds. 
Charles  J.  Rice. 

Laboratory  Helpers. 
Hugo  Lange.  William  Pokrob. 

Sampling  Agent. 
V.  L.  Churchill,  New  Haven. 


THE  NEW  LAW  CONCERNING  INSECT  PESTS.* 
By  W.  E.  Britton,  State  Entomologist. 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Connecticut  Pomological  Society 
at  Hartford,  February  7th,  1901,  resolutions  were  adopted  call- 
ing attention  to  the  destruction  caused  by  the  San  Jose  Scale 
and  recommending  that  a  law  be  enacted  to  protect  the  fruit 
interests  of  the  State  from  this  dreaded  pest.  A  bill  was  intro- 
duced into  the  legislature  and  thoroughly  discussed  at  a  hearing 
before  the  joint  committee  on  Agriculture  on  March  19th.  The 
discussion  led  to  the  drafting  of  a  substitute  bill  which  met  the 
views  of  the  fruit  growers  represented  and  of  the  committee. 
This  was  passed  on  June  4th  and  approved  by  the  Governor 
on  June  10th.     The  text  of  the  law  is  given  below. 

The  cooperation  of  all  nurserymen  and  orchardists  is  earnestly 
solicited  and  is  absolutely  necessary  in  order  to  make  the  law 
effective  for  the  object  for  which  it  was  enacted. 

Chapter  122. 

AN  ACT 

Concerning  Insect  Pests. 

Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in 
General  Assembly  convened: 
Section  i.  The  board  of  control  of  the  Connecticut  Agri- 
cultural Experiment  Station,  at  New  Haven,  shall  designate 
and  appoint  a  man  qualified  by  scientific  training  and  practical 
experience  to  be  state  entomologist  during  the  pleasure  of  the 
board,  and  to  be  responsible  to  said  board  for  the  performance 
of  his  duties  as  prescribed  in  this  act.  The  state  entomologist 
shall  have  an  office  at  the  Experiment  Station  in  New  Haven, 
but  shall  receive  no  compensation  other  than  his  regular  salary 

*  Under  this  law  the  Board  of  Control  of  the  Connecticut  Agricultural 
Experiment  Station  has  appointed  Mr.  Wilton  E.  Britton,  one  of  the  Station 
staff,  to  be  State  Entomologist. — E.  H.  Jenkins,  Director. 


4  CONNECTICUT    EXPERIMENT   STATION,    BULLETIN    I34. 

as  a  member  of  the  station  staff.  He  may  appoint  such  number 
of  deputies,  not  exceeding  three,  as  he  may  deem  necessary  or 
expedient. 

Sec.  2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  state  entomologist,  either 
personally  or  through  his  deputies,  to  visit  any  orchard,  field, 
garden,  nursery,  or  store-house,  upon  the  request  of  the  owner, 
to  advise  treatment  against  pests.  He  may  inspect  any  orchard, 
field,  or  garden,  in  public  or  private  grounds,  which  he  may 
know  or  have  reason  to  suspect  is  infested  with  San  Jose  scale 
or  any  other  serious  pests;  may  from  time  to  time  issue  such 
circulars  and  bulletins  as  in  his  judgment  are  needed  to  convey 
information  about  pests,  which  publications  may  be  issued  as 
bulletins  of  the  said  experiment  station ;  may  also  conduct  such 
experiments  and  investigations  regarding  injurious  insects  as 
will  tend  toward  a  better  understanding  of  them  and  the  reme- 
dies for  their  attacks;  may  diffuse  such  information  by  means 
of  correspondence,  lectures,  and  published  matter;  and  may 
employ  such  assistance  in  his  office,  laboratory,  or  in  the  field, 
and  purchase  such  apparatus  and  supplies  as  he  may  deem 
necessary  for  the  successful  prosecution  of  his  duties.  He  shah 
keep  a  detailed  account  of  expenses  and  shall  publish  each  year 
a  report  of  such  expenses,  and  of  the  work  done  under  this  act. 

Sec.  3.  All  nursery  stock  shipped  into  the  state  from  some 
other  state,  country,  or  province,  shall  bear  on  each  box  or 
package  a  certificate  that  the  contents  of  said  box  or  package 
have  been  inspected  by  a  state  or  government  officer  and  that 
said  contents  appear  to  be  free  from  all  dangerous  insects  or 
diseases.  In  case  nursery  stock  is  brought  within  the  state 
without  such  a  certificate,  the  consignee  may  return  it  to  the 
consignor  at  the  latter's  expense,  or  may  call  the  state  entomol- 
ogist to  inspect  the  same  and  deduct  the  costs  of  such  inspec- 
tion from  the  consignor's  bill  for  such  stock.  This  section  shall 
be  deemed  to  be  a  part  of  every  contract  made  in  this  state  for 
the  sale  of  nursery  stock  to  be  shipped  into  this  state. 

Sec  4.  All  nurseries  or  places  in  the  state  where  nursery 
stock  is  grown,  sold,  or  offered  for  sale,  shall  be  inspected  at 
least  once  a  year  by  the  state  entomologist  or  one  of  his  depu- 
ties, and  if  no  serious  pests  are  found,  a  certificate  to  that  effect 
may  be  given.  If  such  pests  are  found,  the  owner  shall  take 
such  measures  to  suppress  the  same  as  the  state  entomologist 


ANNOUNCEMENT   TO    NURSERYMEN.  5 

shall  prescribe.  If  such  measures  are  not  immediately  taken  by 
the  owner  of  such  nursery  or  place,  such  certificate  shall  be 
withheld,  and  any  nurseryman  who  does  not  hold  such  a  certifi- 
cate after  the  first  annual  inspection  as  herein  prescribed,  who 
shall  sell  or  otherwise  dispose  of  nursery  stock  in  the  state,  shall 
be  fined  not  more  than  fifty  dollars.  The  form  of  certificate  as 
well  as  the  season  for  inspecting  nurseries  may  be  determined 
by  the  state  entomologist.  The  state  entomologist  or  any  of  his 
deputies  shall  at  all  times  have  the  right  to  enter  any  public 
or  private  grounds  in  the  performance  of  any  duty  required  by 
this  act. 

Sec.  5.  The  sum  of  three  thousand  dollars  annually  for  two 
years  is  hereby  appropriated  for  carrying  out  the  provisions  of 
this  act,  and  the  comptroller  is  hereby  directed  to  draw  his 
orders  therefor  quarterly  on  the  treasurer  in  favor  of  the  treas- 
urer of  the  Connecticut  Agricultural  Experiment  Station,  who 
shall  hold  the  same  subject  to  the  order  of  the  state  entomologist. 

Sec.  6.     This  act  shall  take  effect  July  i,  1901. 

Approved  June  10,  1901. 

ANNOUNCEMENT  TO   NURSERYMEN. 

After  the  first  inspection  every  nurseryman  is  required  by  the 
law,  Section  4,  to  have  a  certificate  from  the  State  Entomologist 
before  selling  nursery  stock  within  the  State,  under  penalty  of 
fifty  dollars  fine. 

The  State  Entomologist  will  endeavor  to  inspect  either  per- 
sonally or  through  his  deputies,  every  nursery  in  Connecticut 
during  September  and  October,  and  before  the  shipping  season 
begins.  While  most  of  the  nurserymen  are  known  to  the  writer, 
there  are  several  who  have  never  called  for  an  inspection  of 
their  stock.  In  order  that  this  work  may  be  done  as  promptly 
and  economically  as  possible,  each  nurseryman  should  register 
his  address  at  once  with  the  State  Entomologist. 

The  State  Entomologist  will  visit  any  orchard,  field,  garden, 
nursery,  storehouse,  or  greenhouse  in  the  State,  as  the  law 
provides,  to  investigate  or  give  information  about  any  insect 
attacks.  Specimens  received  by  mail  will  be  identified,  and  such 
information  regarding  their  habits  and  possible  remedial  treat- 
ment as  may  be  of  value  will  be  returned  to  the  writer. 


6  CONNECTICUT    EXPERIMENT   STATION,    BULLETIN    1 34. 

Insects  sent  by  mail  should  be  enclosed  in  a  strong  tin, 
wooden  or  paste-board  box,  which  will  not  be  crushed  in  transit. 
If  possible  a  dozen  specimens  should  be  forwarded  and  if  alive 
some  of  their  food  plant  should  be  enclosed  with  them.  It  is 
unnecessary  to  punch  holes  in  the  box,  for  most  insects  can  get 
all  the  air  they  need  without  this  precaution. 


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